Rose Boheme Providence Perfume for women and men

if anyone is interested in samples from this brand, i have a lot of 4 listed on ebay for about $10 less than getting them from providence.

This is one of those 'in the middle' frags. I neither love it nor hate it. Putting oud and patchouli together isn't a fave of mine, as they are both astringent notes, and this is what keeps it from getting the love. One of the other would have been enough.

I actually like the fir note here, which to me is the most interesting, and this is why I can't pan it. I don't detect much rose, or any other floral. It's just earth. Wet, dirty, vibrant earth.

This is something I would wear while outdoors.

Wow. This stuff knocked me over. It's the first Providence scent I've smelled - and I'm quite impressed! The three prior reviewers expressed this scent beteer than I could, so I will leave you with their reviews to get a feel for what this juice is about. What I will add to the discussion is that I'm not at all convinced this cuts it as a unisex scent, as it strikes me as quite feminine. I have a ton of respect for it, so I will try it for a day soon - and update this review. I think I wish the patchouli was a bit pushier, but we'll see what a day in its skin does for me...

=== UPDATE ===> As threatened, I decided to wear this for a day. I'm hard-pressed to consider it a unisex or non-feminine scent still. It does calm down after the initial rose burst (which is lovely - no doubt about it!), but it's still quite a sweet configuration befitting a female scent IMO. I really wish the patchouli was more pushy to balance out the rose. Sillage is strong at the outset but quiets down quite a bite after about 45 minutes or so (on my skin - YMMV). Three hours after applying, the juice is extremely subtle on my wrists. As an all-natural affair, this I guess shouldn't be too surprising.

Net-net, I think this is a lovely scent, but I'll leave it to my daughter and wife to enjoy, not me :-) .

i keep finding myself gingerly and greedily pushing the atomizer of the sample... there is this vivid and vintage opening to Rose Boheme that i cannot imbibe enough of!

and then i sit among the saffron carpets and sip tea listening to scarlet colored tales of agarwood and patchouli.

i wish i could drink the tinctured rose!

"Rose Boheme" is a deep, wet, tearose, balanced by a dry, sueded patchouli. The patchouli is intense but has a sweet, fresh quality to it that prevents it from ever entering "urine" territory. However, this is not a sanitized, buzzing patch; "Rose Boheme" is rich, truly boheme and has a dense, jammy quality to its rose-patch combo that's almost liquored.

It could've easily been too much -- both rose and patchouli could've been too dry and powdery - but as it is, the balance is perfect and neither of the main notes loses its distinct, nectar qualities and potency against the other. What we get is a cozy rose on a damp day, with travelling artists coming in from the cold to dry their coats by the fire. I really love this.

This is gorgeous rose! It starts with strong aoud note and patchouli, but gradually mellows down to a beautiful feminine rose. Although, compared to the opening, the dry down is softer and closer to the skin, it is my favorite part - the rose is surprisingly warm and cozy, and I'm under the impression that there's incense in it as well (but it also could be pine). The 'texture' of the dry-down slightly reminds me of the Andy Tauer's Chypre Rose. Overall, I'm very pleased with Rose Boheme!